Utilising the impact of COVID-19 on trauma throughput to adapt elective care models for more efficient trauma care

Table 2 Subspecialty trauma breakdown (2018-2020)

Subspecialty	Year	Phase 0	Phase 1	Phase 2	Phase 3	Total
		Pre-lockdown	Lockdown	Post-lockdown	To year end
Hip	2018	183 (39.8%)	131 (37.9%)	311 (37.0%)	118 (39.6%)	743 (38.2%)
	2019	172 (39.3%)	146 (41.6%)	339 (40.4%)	139 (45.4%)	796 (41.2%)
	2020	163 (41.3%)	146 (48.8%)	291 (36.6%)	76 (35.3%)	676 (39.7%)
Knee	2018	26 (5.7%)	14 (4.0%)	47 (5.6%)	16 (5.4%)	103 (5.3%)
	2019	37 (8.4%)	24 (6.8%)	53 (6.3%)	27 (8.8%)	141 (7.3%)
	2020	36 (9.1%)	16 (5.4%)	55 (6.9%)	7 (3.3%)	114 (6.7%)
Foot & ankle	2018	69 (15.0%)	60 (17.3%)	120 (14.3%)	45 (15.1%)	294 (15.1%)
	2019	65 (14.8%)	47 (13.4%)	102 (12.2%)	39 (12.7%)	253 (13.1%)
	2020	45 (11.4%)	26 (8.7%)	98 (12.3%)	36 (16.7%)	205 (12.0%)
Hand & wrist	2018	70 (15.2%)	53 (15.3%)	148 (17.6%)	51 (17.1%)	322 (16.6%)
	2019	58 (13.2%)	54 (15.4%)	149 (17.8%)	33 (10.8%)	294 (15.2%)
	2020	60 (15.2%)	44 (14.7%)	147 (18.5%)	42 (19.5%)	293 (17.2%)
Shoulder	2018	27 (5.9%)	25 (7.2%)	45 (5.4%)	20 (6.7%)	117 (6.0%)
	2019	30 (6.8%)	22 (6.3%)	47 (5.6%)	21 (6.9%)	120 (6.2%)
	2020	27 (6.8%)	13 (4.3%)	52 (6.5%)	21 (9.8%)	113 (6.6%)
Elbow	2018	32 (7.0%)	32 (9.2%)	87 (10.3%)	16 (5.4%)	167 (8.6%)
	2019	29 (6.6%)	19 (5.4%)	62 (7.4%)	12 (3.9%)	122 (6.3%)
	2020	24 (6.1%)	21 (7.0%)	75 (9.4%)	15 (7.0%)	135 (7.9%)
Complex multi-site	2018	16 (3.5%)	8 (2.3%)	16 (1.9%)	7 (2.3%)	47 (2.4%)
	2019	4 (0.9%)	7 (2.0%)	14 (1.7%)	7 (2.3%)	32 (1.7%)
	2020	4 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	9 (1.1%)	3 (1.4%)	17 (1.0%)
Polytrauma	2018	37 (8.0%)	23 (6.6%)	67 (8.0%)	25 (8.4%)	152 (7.8%)
	2019	43 (9.8%)	32 (9.1%)	73 (8.7%)	28 (9.2%)	176 (9.1%)
	2020	36 (9.1%)	32 (10.7%)	68 (8.6%)	15 (7.0%)	151 (8.9%)